European alternatives to BambooHR

An HR platform aimed at small and mid-sized businesses, covering records, hiring and time off. A privately-held US company on AWS, holding employee data under US jurisdiction.

Company information about BambooHR
Company
BambooHR LLC
Headquarters
Draper, United States
Founded
2008
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
Privately held
GDPR
No
Open source
No
Infrastructure
Amazon AWS

Why people switch away from BambooHR

Subject to US CLOUD ActProprietary softwareRuns on Big Tech infrastructureNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to BambooHR

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Top Pick

Germany 66 · Mostly European

HR, payroll, and recruiting in one platform built for European employment law. GDPR-native, with data hosted in the EU.

Subscription · from €3.90/employee/month Amazon AWS EU
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Spain 66 · Mostly European

All-in-one HR platform from Barcelona covering time off, payroll, documents, and hiring. Built for European teams and GDPR-compliant.

Subscription · from €6/employee/month Amazon AWS EU

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Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.

FISA Section 702

Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.

GDPR vs US law conflict

EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.

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